Chapter 187 Too Tempting

Wu Tan lowered his eyes and said slowly, "Although I am a monk, I am attracted to peach blossoms because they are so beautiful that I forget that I am not a person of worldly affairs."

Xiao Jinyan looked at Wu Tan coldly. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he somehow heard something else in Wu Tan's words.

"I didn't realize Wu Tan was so eloquent."

Shen Chuwei said cautiously: "Wutan helped me find the rabbit."

Xiao Jinyan looked at Shen Chuwei with phoenix eyes and said in a deep voice: "Did I ask you?"

Shen Chuwei lowered his eyelids and looked at the little rabbit, the two of them stared at each other.

Angry for no reason!

Wu Tan lowered his eyes and said nothing.

Xiao Jinyan said: "Why don't you go back with me?"

After saying this, he looked at Wu Tan thoughtfully, then left first.

Shen Chuwei glanced at Wu Tan, waved at him, and followed him with the rabbit in his arms.

Wu Tan raised his head and watched Shen Chuwei's leaving back until she disappeared around the corner of the corridor. They looked similar, even the mole on their wrist was the same. Could it be her?

On the way back, Shen Chuwei raised his head and secretly glanced at Xiao Jinyan, only to see that he had a sullen face and no one knew what he was angry about.

When they entered the East Palace and were almost at the entrance of the Hehuan Hall, Xiao Jinyan spoke up, "What were you and Wu Tan talking about just now?"

Shen Chuwei told the truth: "Your Highness, he helped me catch rabbits and gave me a string of blessed Buddhist beads to bless me, and then..."

Xiao Jinyan frowned, "What kind of Buddhist beads?"

"It's this one." Shen Chuwei stretched out her hand and rolled up her sleeves to reveal a white and slender wrist. A string of cinnabar-colored Buddhist beads was quietly worn on it, which looked very beautiful.

A very common string of Buddhist beads, with some differences in the details.

Xiao Jinyan coldly spat out three words, "It's really ugly."

"Is it ugly?" Shen Chuwei raised his hand, took a closer look, and said, "It's pretty good."

Xiao Jinyan said with a serious face: "As my concubine, how can you casually wear something given by another man?"

Shen Chuwei explained: "Wutan is a monk."

Xiao Jinyan asked back: "Are monks not men?"

Shen Chuwei always felt that Xiao Jinyan was scolding Wu Tan for not being a man...

"That's not what I meant. I'll just take it off." Shen Chuwei took off the Buddhist beads on her wrist and put them into her sleeve pocket. These were blessed Buddhist beads that could ensure safety.

It was also a token of Wutan's heart. The only thing a monk could show off was probably Buddhist beads.

Xiao Jinyan showed a satisfied look when he saw this. "Then what? What did you talk about?"

After Shen Chuwei put away the Buddhist beads, she looked up at Xiao Jinyan and said, "We didn't talk about anything. I was just curious about the mole on my wrist."

Xiao Jinyan asked: "What mole?"

Shen Chuwei stretched out her right hand, rolled up her sleeves, and showed Xiao Jinyan the mole. "Your Highness, this is the mole."

Xiao Jinyan lowered his eyes and looked at the exposed part of her wrist. There was a mole the size of a red bean on the inside of her wrist.

He reached out and held her hand, bringing it in front of him. He looked at the mole carefully and found that it was shaped like a peach blossom and was very conspicuous against her fair skin.

He had never noticed the mole before.

Xiao Jinyan raised his eyes and looked at Shen Chuwei, with a hint of anger in his voice: "How can you show your wrist to others?"

Shen Chuwei explained, "I didn't show it to anyone else. Wu Tan was afraid that the beads wouldn't fit properly, so he let me try it first. When I was wearing them, I discovered it by accident."

She really wanted to complain about the ancient feudal ideas, but unfortunately, she was in ancient times and couldn't be like modern people.

Xiao Jinyan let go of her hand, thinking that he had been too busy recently and didn't know how she was doing.

"Have you felt uncomfortable recently?"

Shen Chu shook her head slightly, "I'm fine."

Xiao Jinyan had always been worried that she would have some sequelae from the witchcraft, and now he felt relieved.

"That's good. If you feel uncomfortable, please see a doctor immediately."

Shen Chuwei responded: "I understand."

Xiao Jinyan added: "I am a little busy these days. I will go to Hehuan Palace for dinner in two days."

Shen Chuwei said: "Your Highness, official business is the most important. It's fine for me to have dinner alone."

Shen Chuwei felt that eating might be a top priority for her, but it was secondary to Xiao Jinyan.

"..." Xiao Jinyan: "Really?"

Shen Chuwei nodded vigorously, thinking in her heart, you are busy, don't worry about me.

Xiao Jinyan stared at Shen Chuwei for a long time, then turned and left.

Shen Chuwei looked at Xiao Jinyan's back as he left and felt that he seemed angry again.

Men’s hearts are as unfathomable as the sea, and that’s absolutely true.

On the way back to the palace with a gloomy face, Xiao Jinyan thought more and more that Wu Tan was not a pure person, as a monk actually liked to appreciate peach blossoms.

Peach blossom?

His brows were furrowed.

After gaining weight for many days, Xu Chenghui finally made some progress and could not wait to go to the prince's bedroom to see His Highness.

Just when she was halfway there, she saw Xiao Jinyan coming towards her. She made sure she looked good, then walked over in small steps and bowed, "May your highness be blessed with good health."

At first glance, Xiao Jinyan did not recognize who the woman who saluted him was. He said calmly, "Get up."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Xu Chenghui stood up happily and looked at Xiao Jinyan shyly, "Your Highness, I have prepared some snacks for you to try."

Xiao Jinyan looked at her for a few times but still couldn't recognize who she was. He didn't remember there was such a fat woman in the East Palace. He turned his head to look at Liu Xi.

As expected of someone who has followed Xiao Jinyan for many years, Liu Xi immediately understood the meaning of the words with just one look.

He leaned closer and whispered, "Your Highness, this is Xu Chenghui."

Xu Chenghui?

Xiao Jinyan originally didn't care about the women in the East Palace, and when he suddenly grew so fat, he even forgot about them.

After Liu Xi's reminder, Xiao Jinyan was able to recognize him from his features.

"I still have to go to the study, so you can take the wine and food back."

Xiao Jinyan was about to leave after he finished speaking.

Xu Chenghui was somewhat unwilling, so when Xiao Jinyan passed by him, he pretended to fall down, trying to fall into his arms.

"Ah!!" Xu Chenghui pretended to cry out in surprise.

Xiao Jinyan saw Xu Chenghui approaching from the corner of his eye and he moved away calmly.

With a loud "bang", Xu Chenghui fell heavily to the ground.

"Why are you so careless? Someone, help Xu Chenghui back and ask Doctor Yu to take a look."

After Xiao Jinyan finished speaking, he left without looking back.

Xu Chenghui gained ten pounds, and after the fall, he had to stay in bed for half a month to recuperate.

*

Xiao Jinyan was busy for two days and came to the Hehuan Hall when he had time.

At this time, it is three quarters past ten.

Shen Chuwei was sitting on the couch after taking a bath, swinging her feet, stroking a snowball with one hand and reading a romance novel intently with the other.

Xuetuan noticed someone coming in, pricked up his ears, and raised his head to look over.

Since the two of them lived next door to each other, Xuetuan has become a frequent visitor to the Hehuan Hall.

Shen Chuwei was wearing pajamas, her two slender arms were exposed, and her pajamas were just above her knees, exposing her two beautiful feet.

This was the scene Xiao Jinyan saw when he came in, and he suddenly felt dry-mouthed.

He coughed lightly: "Xiaojiu."